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1. vt., To rinse, clean.

2. vs., Arched; curving from end to end, as the top of a canoe.

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3. Same as kakaka #1.

  • Examples:
    • Kaka ihola ʻoia i ka pua (For. 4:35), he then shot the arrow.

4. Same as kakaka #2.

5. n., Cluster.

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6. Also gasa. n., Gas.

  • Source:
    • English.

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nvi., Domesticated duck; to quack.

  • Source:
    • English.

Nā LepiliTags: onomatopoeia fauna birds

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nvt., To strike, smite, dash, beat, chop; to thresh or beat out, as grain (Ruta 2.17); to kick and flail the arms as an angry child; to strike, as flint and steel; to hit broiled breadfruit with a stick to remove the blackened skin; slab.

  • Examples:
    • Pili kākā lalo (For. 5:131), to place bets.
    • Ke pau ka ʻai ʻana a ka moa, kākā i ka nuku, when the chicken finishes eating, it shakes its beak.
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2. vs., Odorous, either fragrant or otherwise; to make an odor.

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3. nvi., To excrete; dirty, excreta (a euphemism, taught to children).

4. nvi., To fish, as for uhu, parrot fish, with a square net (FS 39) or ulua with hook and line but no pole; net or nets dropped in a semicircle in shallow water, as for mullets or ʻōʻio.

Nā LepiliTags: rare epithets

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v. Ka, to strike; to dash. To beat; to whip.

2. To cut and split or break wood (this was anciently done, not with an axe, but by striking sticks against stones or rocks.)

3. To wash, as dirty clothes (this is done by Hawaiians by beating them.)

4. To strike, as fire with flint and steel; ka or kaka ahi.

5. To thrash, as grain. Rut. 2:17.

6. To rip open. 2 Nal. 18:12.

7. To dip or bail out water. See KA.

v. To be odorous or sweetscented; to smell agreeably.

s. Fruits that grow in clusters, as grapes; much fruit in one place.

s. A bird; a species of duck; he manu nene.

n., A cluster; number of things growing together or adjusted in clusters.

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n., Modern The common duck.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna birds

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[Ka, to strike; to dash.]

1. v., To beat; to whip.

2. v., To cut and split or break wood (this was anciently done, not with against stones or rocks).

3. v., To an axe, but by striking sticks strike, as fire with flint and steel; ka or kaka ahi.

4. v., To thrash, as grain.

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v., To cleanse by dipping or rubbing in water.

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v., To be odorous, fragrant or otherwise.

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Point, Kahoʻolawe. Literally, to hew.

Nā LepiliTags: Kahoʻolawe

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